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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ability helped" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express that someone's ability contributed to a positive outcome, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "Her ability helped the team achieve their goals."
Alternatives: "skill contributed" or "capability assisted".
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In the short program, Kim's technical ability helped her beat Asada.
He spoke no English when he arrived at the age of 10 but his footballing ability helped him to make friends and integrate.
Colleagues suggest that this ability helped Deisseroth to acquire the wide-ranging knowledge necessary for the development of optogenetics, which required a working familiarity with virology, optics, animal behavior, genetics, 3-D imaging, microbiology, materials science, and chemistry.
Charley Casserly, the Houston Texans' general manager, believes Bailey can be an immediate contributor on special teams (his leaping ability helped him block three kicks in 2002) and in the nickel defense.
He is no Steve Young, the barely 6-1 Hall of Fame quarterback whose superb scrambling ability helped make up for his size, but Brees shares Young's conviction that vision is not a problem.
But Jordan's batting, and especially fielding ability, helped to persuade England to stick with him, and it all came right in the second innings at Old Trafford, and especially at The Oval, his former county ground with Surrey, where he had match figures of seven for 50.
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Studying that ability helps us learn about ourselves; exercising it helps us learn about the world.
This ability helps quantify the complicated effect of different parameters on the recovery of the VAPEX process.
And while English-language ability helps in the job market, it isn't critical to many students' career paths.
Sugar, on the other hand, causes caffeine molecules to clump together, which along with its taste-masking ability helps to reduce the perception of bitterness.
The researchers suspect that this ability helps protect the beetle from being poisoned as it burrows through the tree.
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